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Monday, 31 August 2015

Lenovo has launched its latest phablet, Lenovo Phab Plus in China. It is available in Grey and Silver colors and is priced at 2,599 Yuan (US$407 / Rs. 27,040 approx.) in China. You can get the phablet from its official website. So far, there is no word whether Lenovo will be launching its Phab Plus smartphone outside China.

Lenovo Phab Plus features a 6.8-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD display powered by 1.5 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) processor with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB LPDDR3 RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 64GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with dual tone LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop OS with Vibe UI on top and has 3500 mAh battery.

Sunday, 30 August 2015

Motorola has updated its Camera and Gallery Apps for Android with some new features. Now the new version of app in the Play Store for Camera app is v5.0.47.7 and Gallery app is v520012.

The new Camera app adds a QR/barcode viewfinder feature that allows the app to recognize and act on QR codes and barcodes, meaning that you don’t have to install a separate app just for that purpose. This feature is supported on the Moto X (2nd Gen.), Moto X Pro, DROID Turbo, Moto Maxx, and Moto Turbo on Android 5.1. This Camera update also includes bug fixes.

The new Gallery app now allows you to move the albums to an SD card. It also lets you organize your photos and videos into albums.

Friday, 28 August 2015

Now you can post photos and videos in portrait and landscape mode too in Instagram. Yes, Instagram is rolling out update, in addition to square photos you can now share photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientation on Instagram.

"One in five photos and videos posted on the service do not fit the square format", "Friends get cut out of group shots, the subject of your video feels cramped and you can't capture the Golden Gate Bridge from end to end,", Instagram said in a blog post.

Apple has started sending out press invites for its next big event. This will take place on September 9 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The company is expected to launch new iPhone model.

The email invitation includes a colorful Apple logo with the sentence "Hey Siri, give us a hint," referring to Apple's popular digital voice assistant. "You'll have to wait until September 9. I bet you were one of those kids snuck downstairs to open presents early, weren't you?" one of Siri's responses read. "The only hint I can give you right now is a hint of lime. And that there's a big announcement on September 9," the second one noted.

The event kicks off at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (PT) or 10:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) on September 9th at Bill Graham auditorium in San Francisco, California. Apple will also offer live stream for the event, surprisingly Windows users too can watch the event, but it works only on Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10.

Thursday, 27 August 2015

Micromax has officially launched Micromax Canvas Nitro 4G E455 in India. It is available in black color and is priced at Rs. 10,999.

Micromax Canvas Nitro 4G E455 features a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS OnCell display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 powered by 1.4 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 415 processor with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 13MP autofocus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and has 2500 mAh battery.

Commenting on the launch, Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics, said, "India is at the tipping point of 4G revolution and we expect the consumers to skip 3G and directly leap forward to 4G LTE connectivity. With the launch of Canvas Nitro 4G, we aim to bring a perfect combination of technology, rich features and a faster 4G experience at a great value to more and more consumers."

Alcatel has launched the company's first tablet in India dubbed Alcatel OneTouch Pop 8S. It is available in Black color and is priced at Rs. 10499. It is available exclusively via online shopping partner Flipkart. The tablet is 4G enabled.

Alcatel OneTouch Pop 8S features a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) WXGA IPS display powered by 1.2 GHz Quad-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor with Adreno 306 GPU and 1GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 64GB. It sports a 5MP Auto Focus rear camera and a 3MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and has 4060 mAh battery.

"We are very excited about the launch of our tablets range in India. Our Pop series of products provide the best in class product features at the most affordable price. Pop series globally have been designed to be fun and colourful, offering a smart but simple user interface. Going forward, there is much more to come as we implement this product strategy across our range of devices. The launch of Pop 8S 4G LTE tablet through our Strategic Partner Flipkart is the first step towards embarking on a new journey of delighting customers in the tablets segment", said Praveen Valecha, Regional Director for Alcatel OneTouch APAC BU, India.

Now transform your smartphone or tablet to a gaming console. Amkette has launched it's first bluetooth game controller for Android smartphones and tablets dubbed Evo Gamepad Pro. The Evo Gamepad Pro supports almost all the games for Android and along with it Amkette has also created the Evo Gamepad Games app for Google Play which has around 300+ games in it.

The Amkette Evo Gamepad Pro is priced at Rs. 2,799 and is available for purchase exclusively from Flipkart.

Amkette Evo Gamepad Pro

Key Features :

Transform Android Phone or Tablet into a Gaming Console

Full Featured Xbox Style Game Controller

Score More, Play Better, Dominate the Competition

Sturdy and Secure Clamp for Smartphone and Free Tablet Stand

Exclusive Evo Gamepad App on the Google Play Store

Over 350 Games and Growing, Always Updated on the Evo Gamepad App

Mouse Mode for Lean Back Use

400 mAh Rechargeable Li-Polymer Battery

Commenting on the launch, Rajiv Bapna, Director, Amkette, said, "Over 120 million Indians will be called “Gamers” this year. With the increasing craze for smartphone gaming amongst professional gamers and communities, Evo Gamepad Pro has been designed to offer a great solution to our users who need a console like experience on-the-go. Android smartphone users can conveniently convert their mobiles into a complete Pocket Gaming Console. I believe that Android smartphone gaming is set to revolutionize the gaming industry in India and Evo Gamepad Pro is the enabler for that".

Intex has launched Intex Aqua Turbo 4G smartphone in India. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 7,444 and will be available to buy via retail and online stores. It comes with a HotKnot file transfer technology, which is similar to near field communications (NFC) in terms of application. Recently, Intex has launched Intex Aqua 4G+ and Intex Aqua Trendsmartphones.

Intex Aqua Turbo 4G features a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixel) display powered by 1GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor and 1GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and has 3000 mAh battery.

Intex Aqua Turbo 4G

Key Features :

5-inch HD (720x1280 pixel) display

1GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor

1GB RAM

8GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB

5MP rear camera

2MP front facing camera

Android 5.1 Lollipop

4G LTE, 3G, GPS, Bluetooth, Micro-USB, FM radio

3000 mAh battery

Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Mobile Business Head, Intex Technologies said, "The Aqua Turbo 4G is yet another powerful 4G LTE device from Intex's kitty. Intex always builds devices with stunning designs and powerful features which are also priced lucratively. This pioneering product comes as a package of smart designing, powerful battery, performance and pre-emptive pricing for our target consumer."

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

OnePlus One users can now update their smartphones to the latest Cyanogen OS 12.1. The update brings the Android version of the device up to 5.1.1 Lollipop. Cyanogen OS 12.1 update based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and it has started rolling out the OTA update for the users.

The new update brings changes in New Icons for File Manager,Camera,Gallery App,Audio Fx. It has also enabled the home button option in Chrome and it is set to open Bing by default. The touch is very responsive and fast, Integrated True Caller and has new Calendar Application

The full update is about 645MB in size and comes with build number YOG4PAS1N0, and will update the OnePlus One to Cyanogen OS 12.1 based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop regardless of the build/ version running on the handset. You can download it from here. For users currently running Android 5.0 Lollipop, the report points that there is a small update also available via OTA which is about 304MB in size. You can download it from here.

You might receive the OTA late so you can download can update it manually.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Zopo has launched their first smartphone in India dubbed Zopo Speed 7. It us available in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 12,999. It will be exclusively available via Snapdeal from the first week of September. It has partnered with ADCOM, which has over 200 service centers across the country.

The smartphone comes with double tap feature by which you can wake up the phone a has gesture feature too. You can simply draw letters on your screen and the app opens, wave your hands to view the next and previous pictures in the gallery.

Zopo Speed 7 features a 5-inch (1920 ×1080 pixels) Full HD display powered by 1.5GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753 processor with Mali-T720 GPU and 3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 64GB. It sports a 13.2MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and has 2500 mAh battery.

Sony has launched it's lastest Selfie smartphone Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual in India. The smartphone was announced earlier this month. It is available in black, white and a glossy soft mint colors and is priced at Rs. 29,990.

Sony Xperia C5 Ultra features a 6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display with Mobile Bravia Engine 2 powered by 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6752 processor with 700 MHz Mali 760 MP2 GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 200GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and a 13MP front facing camera with Selfie flash. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and has 2930 mAh battery.

As expected, The Chinese Smartphone manufacturer Meizu has launched Meizu MX5 in India. It will be available exclusively from Snapdeal starting from today and is priced at Rs. 19,999 for the 16GB variant. The smartphone comes with mBack touch sensitive home button.

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

Flipkart has added a new feature in it's app dubbed Ping. The news feature lets users share product images and chat with each other while shopping. The feature has been rolled out to the Flipkart apps for Android and iOS, but users need an invite to access the feature. Users who already have a feature in their app can invite other people in their phone book contact by simply sending an SMS.

Ping is visible as a chat icon floating on the right hand side of app. With this feature you can have real time conversation with your friend, share images, wishlists and items in your carts and get their feedback on the product that you want to buy. Now you don't need an email address to register on the app, simply register by entering your mobile number.

Peeyush Ranjan, CTO and Head of Engineering, Flipkart, said that the feature uses highly advanced architecture to ensure that communication is efficient even on 2G networks, and will also support Android wearables in the future.

Panasonic has added a new device to it's Eluga series dubbed Panasonic Eluga Switch. It is available in Gun Metal Grey color and is priced at Rs. 19,990. The device ships with JBL headsets. The main feature of this smartphone is you can even speak by holding the phone upside down.

Panasonic Eluga Switch features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS OGS fully laminated display powered by 1.5 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 8MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Reversible UI on top and has 2910 mAh battery.

"The Eluga Switch does exactly what it was imagined to do, offer two vertical screen orientations in one handheld device," Pankaj Rana, Business Head, Mobility Division, Panasonic India said on the launch of the Panasonic Eluga Switch. "A user can effortlessly 'switch' between an upright and inverted smartphone. The Switch is the epitome of consumer preferences, designed by keeping into consideration extensive customer feedback and expert technology."

Monday, 24 August 2015

LG has launched the latest tablet in the G pad series dubbed LG G Pad II 10.1. The new LG G Pad II 10.1 will be showcased at the upcoming IFA event in Berlin next month. The tablet will be available in Wi-Fi only and LTE models and will go on sale in markets in North America, Europe and Asia. The company is likely to reveal pricing and exact availability of the tablet locally at the time of launch.

The new G Pad II 10.1 tablet also comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Office suite of apps and will also feature an additional 100GB of free OneDrive storage for two years.

LG G Pad II 10.1 features a 10.1-inch (1920 x 1200) WUXGA display powered by 2.26GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor and 2GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD. It sports a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and has 7400 mAh battery.

LG G Pad II 10.1

Key Features :

10.1-inch (1920 x 1200) WUXGA display

2.26GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Processor

2GB RAM

16GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD

5MP rear camera

2MP front facing camera

Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac , Bluetooth 4.1, GPS

7400 mAh battery

Announcing the launch, Chris Yie, vice president and head of marketing communications for LG Mobile Communications Company said, "The LG G Pad II 10.1 was developed in response to consumers' feedback and optimised for multimedia consumption. Customers asked for a large display, bigger battery and faster performance all without raising the price. The G Pad II delivers on all counts."

One Plus has made the kernel source for One Plus 2 smartphone public. The company's CEO Carl Pei announced on Twitter that the kernel source for the OnePlus 2 is now available to the public via GitHub. The kernel will allow developers to create custom ROMs for the device.

Friday, 21 August 2015

Today, Yahoo updated its weather app for Android and iOS. They have added the near-term update which will alert the user 15 minutes before rain or snow is expected. Yahoo also says that the app is even more accurate than before. It has overhauled the way it determines and serves forecasts. The new app update also allows "zoom in on microclimates".

Thursday, 20 August 2015

Huawei has launched it's latest smartphone in the Honor series, Huawei Honor 7i with 13-Megapixel Rotating Camera. It is available in White and Gold Colors. The rotatable camera allows the 13-megapixel rear camera to flip 180-degrees to click front facing images. It also comes with a fingerprint sensor that is present on the side of the smartphone. With the fingerprint sensor you can unlock the phone and even use it as a camera shutter for capturing selfies.

The Huawei Honor 7i has been priced at CNY 1,599 (approximately Rs. 16,500) for the 2GB RAM and 16GB storage variant, and will be available via China Mobile. The same variant will be available at CNY 1,699 (approximately Rs. 17,500) via China Telecom and China Unicom. The 3GB RAM and 32GB inbuilt storage variant will be available at CNY 1,899 (approximately Rs. 19,500) on all three mobile carriers. No word on global rollout yet.

Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Lenovo has launched the most affordable 4G smartphone in India, dubbed Lenovo A2010. It is available in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 4,990. The smartphone will be available exclusively through online shopping partner Flipkart. The flash sales starts from September 3rd and the registrations for the sale is now live on Flipkart.

Lenovo A2010 features a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) display powered by a 1.0 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735M 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU and 1GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 2MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop and has 2000 mAh battery.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu has announced that the registration for its flagship smartphone Meizu MX5 will be exclusively through Snapdeal. The smartphone is likely to be launched on August 26, when Meizu is holding a brand launch event in New Delhi. There is no word on the pricing of the smartphone yet.

"Our philosophy at Meizu has always been driven by our commitment to delivering innovative and user friendly products," said, David, Head of Meizu India. Speaking about the partnership David adds, " We are glad to partner with Snapdeal for the flagship product MX5 given their connect with the Indian consumers and robust distribution network across India."

Samsung has launched their latest smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ in India. It is available in Gold Platinum and Silver Titanium colors and is priced at Rs. 57,900 for the 32GB variant. The smartphone will go on sale on August 28, while pre-orders open from Wednesday. Samsung will also be providing 100GB of OneDrive cloud storage for free.

Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Earlier this month, Asus had launched series of smartphones in the ZenFestival in Delhi. The smartphones were of ZenFone series. The smarthphones they launched were Asus Zenfone 2 Laser, Asus Zenfone Selfie and Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe. On the day of the launch, Asus had announced that the smartphones will be available exclusively through online shopping portal Flipkart and ASUS Exclusive stores.

If you are waiting for any of these smartphones, then the registration will begin from tomorrow August 19th on Flipkart.

Asus Zenfone 2 Laser features a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display or 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 4 powered by 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and 2GB/3GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 128GB. It sports a 13MP laser auto focus rear camera with Real Tone flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Zen UI 2.0 on top and has 3000 mAh battery.

Asus ZenFone Selfie features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 4 powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB/3GB LPDDR3 RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB/32GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 64GB. It sports a 13MP laser auto focus rear camera with Real Tone flash and a 13MP front facing camera with Real Tone flash. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Zen UI 2.0 on top and has 3000 mAh battery.

Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 powered by 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor with PowerVR G6430 GPU and 4GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 64GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 64GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with Real Tone flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and has 3000 mAh battery.

Soon after unveiling the name for Android "M" - Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google has launched a standalone website for Hangout.

Jordanna Chord, in a Google+ post said, "We are launching another way to use Hangouts today. From our new site you'll be able to take advantage of the best of Hangouts in the browser, along with an inspiring image to get you through the day. Check it out and let us know what you think".

The website offers all the features that are present on Gmail and Google+ like users can carry multiple conversations and make a voice or video calls. The chats pop up in the same way as they do in Gmail, when a conversation is clicked from the list shown on the left side of the new website.

Back in April, Facebook had launched the standlone website for its messenger.

Google had launched the newest version of Android in their annual summit and had called Android M. Hope everyone was wondering what does that "M" stand for? Now, Google has revealed the name for it's newest operating system and it's called "Marshmallow".

Android "M" Marshmallow

According to the official blog post, "Whether you like them straight out of the bag, roasted to a golden brown exterior with a molten centre, or in fluff form, who doesn't like marshmallows? We definitely like them," wrote Jamal Eason, Product Manager, Android in the blog post. "Since the launch of the M Developer Preview at Google I/O in May, we've enjoyed all of your participation and feedback. Today with the final Developer Preview update, we're introducing the official Android 6.0 SDK and opening Google Play for publishing your apps that target the new API level 23 in Android Marshmallow."

The new version of Android is going to be Android 6.0 Marshmallow, The final Android 6.0 SDK is now available to download via the SDK Manager in Android Studio.

Android "M" comes with large number of new features which includes features like Android Pay, Tap on Now, app permissions manager, built-in support for fingerprint scanner, as well as support for the USB Type-C standard.

The Android emulator system images and developer preview system images have been updated for supported Nexus devices (Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 & Nexus Player) to help with your testing. You can download the device system images from the developer preview site. Also, similar to the previous developer update, supported Nexus devices will receive an Over-the-Air (OTA) update over the next couple days.

Monday, 17 August 2015

Micromax has launched Micromax Canvas Selfie 3 Q348 smartphone in India. It is available in Blue, Green, Purple, Sky Blue and Yellow colors. It will go on sale in the last week of August. No word on Pricing yet.

Micromax Canvas Selfie 3 Q348 features a 4.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a 8MP front facing camera. It runs on Android and has 2300 mAh battery.

"With over 93 million selfies being captured every day, people today take and retake pictures of themselves until it mirrors perfection and what they want the world to see them as. Keeping this in mind, we have created our Canvas Selfie range which has received tremendous response from our young consumers with Canvas Selfie. Taking the selfie craze to the next level, we are proud to announce the two new smartphones which are ideal for the users delivering fantastic images and equipping them with great beauty editing tools to look their best always," said Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics, in an emailed statement.

Micromax has launched Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 smartphone in India. It is available in Black color with leather-like finish and is priced at Rs. 5,999. It will be available online starting August 22.

Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340 features a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. It has an internal storage of 8GB and can be expanded via microSD up to 32GB. It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and has 2000 mAh battery.

Micromax Canvas Selfie 2 Q340

Key Features :

5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display

1.3 GHz quad-core processor

1GB RAM

8GB internal storage, Expandable via microSD up to 32GB

5MP rear camera with LED flash

5MP front facing camera

Android 5.0 Lollipop

Dual SIM

3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP and GPS

2000 mAh battery

"With over 93 million selfies being captured every day, people today take and retake pictures of themselves until it mirrors perfection and what they want the world to see them as. Keeping this in mind, we have created our Canvas Selfie range which has received tremendous response from our young consumers with Canvas Selfie. Taking the selfie craze to the next level, we are proud to announce the two new smartphones which are ideal for the users delivering fantastic images and equipping them with great beauty editing tools to look their best always," said Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics, in an emailed statement.

So these days if you have an internet connection of a Wi-Fi connection, then everything is complete in your life. Realizing the need of the Internet in everyday life, two commerce graduates decided to give free WiFi to people in exchange of a cleaner surrounding with an unique initiative — a ‘WiFi Trash Bin’.

“When somebody dumps trash into a dustbin the bin flashes a unique code, which can be used to gain access to free WiFi, says Prateek Agarwal, one of the two founders of the initiative. Mumbai-based Agarwal and his partner Raj Desai, a self taught programmer, travelled extensively to countries like Denmark, Finland, Singapore etc and realised that keeping surroundings clean needed apart from a difference in structure, a change in the attitude of people. ”We took a lot of help from countries like Finland, Denmark, Singapore etc and decided to build a system similar to that,” says Pratik.

The duo hit upon the idea while visiting the NH7 Weekender a music festival which is spread around a large area and as music festivals go is home to music food drinks and of course a lot of garbage. ” …It took us six hours to find our friends. Since there was no network, we could not reach them through a phone call. It was the trigger for the idea and we thought why not provide free WiFi to people using hotspots,” says Pratik.

The venture, though not operative now aims to satisfy the need of Internet at every step in the modern day world. ”… We want to work more for it,” says Pratik. The duo say they tend to setup a network of WiFi bins thus helping to bring about a behavioral redesign among people. The venture was recently showcased at “Networked India”, a unique initiative by Ericsson and CNN-IBN that aims to identify and facilitate clutter-breaking innovations in the field of connectivity and mobility.

Stakeholders awaiting the government's guidelines on net neutrality may have to wait longer as some more time has now been given to the people and institutions to give their opinion on the recommendations of an official panel on this subject.

"Last date for submission of suggestions and comments on report of committee on net neutrality through the discussion forum under www.MyGov.in has been extended till August 20," an official communique posted on the website of the communications ministry said.

The report, submitted by a panel headed by technocrat A.K. Bhargava, was made public on July 16, and said it favoured, among a host of other matters, an end to the free-call regime over the Internet. This had evoked strong resentment among the netizens.

Still an evolving concept, net neutrality calls upon government, Internet service providers and other stakeholders to treat all voice and data services on the Internet equally, and not levy differential tariffs for usage, content, platform, sites, application or mode of communication.

Reacting to the protests over the panel recommendations, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had told parliament soon after that these were only suggestions and not the final view. "It is neither the final report, nor has the government taken any final view," he said.

"Based on the committee report, comments and suggestions received and recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the government will take a considered decision on various aspects of net neutrality, in the best interest of the country."

In a set of recommendations that could have ended the free regime for domestic calls made through Internet messenger services such as WhatsApp, Viber and Skype, the official panel has suggested that they be treated like regular telecom service providers for tariff and regulation. But it wanted messaging free of tariff.

Saturday, 15 August 2015

BlackBerry has launched it premium smartphone, BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 Graphite. It is priced at Rs. 99,990. BlackBerry has launched this smartphone in collaboration with Porsche Design. It comes with a graphite-metallic coloured elements and a hand-wrapped leather on the back door cover. It has BBM with Unique PIN that is instantly recognizable as a Porsche Design user.

Commenting on the launch, Hitesh Shah, Director - Sales and Distribution, at BlackBerry India said, "With the launch of the new P'9983 Graphite from BlackBerry, we bring a unique stylish smartphone combined with the superior productivity and ultimate security experience of BlackBerry 10 technology for our Indian consumers. This new smartphone is custom-built for power professionals aiming to make a style statement while not willing to compromise on effective communication and collaboration."

Friday, 14 August 2015

Microsoft released Windows 10 operating system and now Apple has released a new update for Boot Camp with support for Windows 10. Now you can use Boot Camp to install Windows 10 on supported Mac models that have OS X Yosemite installed.

So, through Boot Camp now you can multi-boot your mac system, It officially support Windows 10. The Boot Camp tool within the Mac OS X allows you to easily prepare your drive and install Windows OS. Once you boot your newly installed Windows you must run and install the Boot Camp driver package.

If you want to install Windows 10 alongside Mac you can visit Apple's help page for the tutorials and required system specifications. However, Apple has listed out different models that supports Windows 10 through Boot Camp 6.

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Xiaomi has launched the new Redmi Note 2 and Redmi Note 2 Prime with the new MIUI 7custom ROM based on Android 5.0 Lollipop at an event in Beijing, China. It will go on sale in China starting from August 16th.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 3G and 4G variant features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display powered by 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795) processor with PowerVR G6200 GPU and 2GB LPDDR3 RAM. It has an internal storage of 16GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.0 Lollipop on top and has 3060 mAh battery.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display powered by 2.2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795) processor with PowerVR G6200 GPU and 2GB LPDDR3 RAM. It has an internal storage of 32GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 5.0 Lollipop on top and has 3060 mAh battery.

This post will guide you in adding repositories in Kali Linux 2.0 Kali Sana.

The single most common causes of a broken Kali Linux installation are following unofficial advice, and particularly arbitrarily populating the system’s sources.list file with unofficial repositories. The following post aims to clarify what repositories should exist in sources.list, and when they should be used.

Don’t add kali-dev, kali-rolling or any other Kali repositories unless you have a specific reason to – which usually, you won’t. If you *must* add additional repositories, drop a new sources file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ instead.

It was back in June that Twitter had promised about removing the 140 character limit for Direct Messages. With the latest update Twitter, there is no limitation of the 140 characters to the Direct Messages. Now, users can send direct messages upto 10,000 characters.

The update had been rolled out for Android and iOS apps. The 140 character limit has also been dropped for Twitter for Mac and Tweetdeck.

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Participate in #MiMakeInIndia contest launched by Xiaomi India which is valid throughout India. Design an Indian icon for the Redmi 2 Prime and get a chance to win interesting gifts. The logo will feature on all Redmi 2 Prime packaging.

To participate in the #MiMakeInIndia Contest, the contestant needs to do the following:

Create an icon that shows a strong connect between India and Mi.

Use the hashtag #MiMakeInIndia and post your entries on the comments section here.

The winning design will be printed on the Mi phones manufactured in India!

The contest will be held on 12th August on the official Xiaomi Facebook Account. The contest will end on 15th August 9 am.

One winner will be selected at the end of the contest and will receive a surprise gift and a Redmi 2 Prime.

The Contest is valid for Indian Citizens who have attained the age of 18 years or above, except employees and family members of Xiaomi.

Winners will be chosen by Xiaomi's sole and absolute discretion. Decisions by Xiaomi are final.

ZUK has launched its first smartphone dubbed ZUK Z1 in China. ZUK is the Lenovo's online-only smartphone brand. It is available in White and Grey colors and is priced at 1799 Yuan ( US$ 284 / Rs. 18,280 approx.). The home button is called the U-Touch which comes with a built-in sensor. Single button acts like Home key, back key and multitasking key. Home button when hard pressed, Back button on touch and double-clicked for multitasking. The registration is open and the sale begins on August 18th.

ZUK Z1 features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display powered by 2.5GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and 3GB LPPDR3 RAM. It has an internal storage of 64GB. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 8MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with ZUI on top and has 4100 mAh battery.

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

The wait is over, Kali 2.0 is officially released. So, lets quickly have a look at what's new in Kali 2.0?

There’s a new 4.0 kernel, now based on Debian Jessie, improved hardware and wireless driver coverage, support for a variety of Desktop Environments (gnome, kde, xfce, mate, e17, lxde, i3wm), updated desktop environment and tools and many more.

Kali Linux is Now a Rolling Distribution

This is one of the biggest thing that has come in kali 2.0. The continuous rolling distribution allows to pull packages continuously from Debian Testing and essentially upgrade the Kali core system.

Continuously Updated Tools, Enhanced Workflow

This is another interesting addition to Kali 2.0, the integration of an upstream version checking system. The upstream version checking system alerts the system when a new versions of tools are released (usually via git tagging).

New Flavours of Kali Linux 2.0

Kali 2.0 now natively supports KDE, GNOME3, Xfce, MATE, e17, lxde and i3wm. GNOME 3 is used as the default flavor with a bit of customization. The customizations include a multi-level menus, true terminal transparency, as well as a handful of useful gnome shell extensions.